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<br />00A-733 ' <br /> <br />Home and Community Care Block Grant for Older Adults <br />County Funding Plan <br /> <br />Methodology to Address Service Needs of low-income Minority Elderly and Rural Elderly <br />(Older American Act. Section 306 <a) (5) (A) 00 <br /> <br />Community Service Provider Cabarrus County Department of Aging <br /> <br />County: Cabarrus <br /> <br />July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006 <br /> <br />The Older Americans Act requires that the service provider attempt to provide services to 10000ncome <br />minority individuals in accordance to their need for aging services, The community service provider <br />shall specify how the service needs of low-income minority elderly and rural elderly will be met through <br />the services identified on the Provider Services Summary (DOA-732). This narrative shall address <br />outreach and service delivery methodologies that will ensure that this target population is adequately <br />served and conform to specific objectives established by the Area Agency on Aging for providing <br />services to Iow-income minority individuals. Additional pages may be used as necessary. <br /> <br />GOAL: <br /> <br />To ensure the participation in services provided through the Cabarrus County Department of Aging of the low <br />income mlnortty older adults in the community. <br /> <br />The Cabarrus County Department of Aging provides services to all older adult residents regardless of race or <br />economic status. Brochures are distributed throughout the community that promote the services provided by our <br />agency. Services are also promoted through local churches and through speaking presentations to senior <br />citizens and local cMc groups, <br /> <br />Our current client base Includes a substantial number of minority clients and some of our LunchPlus Club sites <br />are located in minority and rural areas. Transportation Is provided to all LunchPlus Club programs. We will <br />continue to distribute information in predominately minority and/or low income neighborhoods, promote our <br />services through local churches, make personal presentations to groups, and place informational brochures <br />in local medical offices/facilities. <br /> <br />We distribute our Sunset Outlook newsletter bi-monthly to 8000 subscribers <br />A second newsletter (Senior Sawy) Is distributed monthly. This publication is distributed <br />on counter tops throughout the rural areas of Cabarrus county. We also have started producing a twice weekty <br />Television Show (Forever Young) that addresses Aging issues and is available on local Cable TV. <br />This allows publicity of our programs and services to reach the entire county. We also coordinate service <br />referrals with other human service agencies and receive referrals for services from various local service <br />providers. <br /> <br />F-"l~ <br />